Improvement in apparatus for photographing children



UNITED STATES ILLIAM VINSTON SLOAN, OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN.

Speeication forming; part ol' Letters Patent No. 116,765, dated July 4,1371.

To all whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WiNs'roN SLOAN, of Jefferson, in the countyof Marion and State ot Texas, have invented an Improvement in Machinestor takin g Photo graphs, Ambrotypes, 85e., of Small Children, ot' whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact descrilition, reference being`had to the accompanying' drawingmaking apart ot this speciiication,l inwhich the ligure is a perspective view ot invention.

The object of my invention is to overcome the difficulty at presentexperienced by all photographers in taking,` small children; and mydevice consists in swinging the child and the camera in such a mannerthat, while they both move, the relative position of the two will remainduring the time thc picture is being taken. Actual experiment hasdemonstrated the fact that, while the swinging` motion will please thechild and keep it steadily in its relative position to the instrument,the camera will do its work just as faithfully as it' at rest.

In order to enable others to understand and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the manner in )vhich I have carried it out.

A is a frame, made ot' any suitable material, in which is suspended theswing B by the cords a. b. On the one end ot this swing is secured theseat or chair C, having the adjustable back piece c to support andsteady the head ot' the child, while at the opposite end otA the swingis secured the rest D, on which to place the camera in front of thechild. Vhen the instrument is once adjusted it is evident the swing' maybe put in motion without ali'eeting the relative po sit-ion otl thcinstrument and the child, while a goed expression ot' the child issecured.

Having,` thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters latent, is

The swing' B, incombination with the seat C .and rest l), substantiallyas and tor the purpose set forth.

NVILLIAM lVINSTON SLOAN.

litnesses JOHN F. BRINK, JN0. A. WAYLAND.

